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Today's Topics:
    #4 BIO Walker J Sanford Lincoln Count   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
  #5 BIO Samuel A BIAS Lincoln County     [PJAFLA@aol.com]
  #6 BIO Winfield Scott Bowles MD Linco   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
  #7 BIO Evormint Ward Brumfield of Lin   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
  #8 BIO Charles William Campbell of Li   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
  #9 BIO Harrison Floyd Chambers of Lin   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
 #10 BIO Joseph E CHILTON of Lincoln Co   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
 #12 BIO of Benjamin Franklin Curry of    [PJAFLA@aol.com]
 #13 BIo Blackburn B. Curry Lincoln Cou   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
 #14 BIO GRANVILL CURRY of Lincoln Coun   [PJAFLA@aol.com]
 #15 Bio of William Harrison Curry Linc   [PJAFLA@aol.com]


______________________________X-Message: #4
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:54:34 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Walker J Sanford Lincoln County


Source Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richmond; Comstock. 1974
                                WALKER J SANFORD:
                                                             Among the early
settlers in the Guyandotte Valley was Robert Sanford. For many years he
resided in Orange county, Virginia, but in 1809 removed west and settled on
Guyandotte river, near where Barboursville, the county seat of Cabell county,
now stands. His son, Walker J the subject of this sketch was born in Orange
county on the 3 day of June, 1797; he still lives, now in his eighty-seventh
year. At the age of twelve he accompanied his father to their new home in the
Guyandotte country. he well remembers the formation of Cabell county and the
attempt to hold the first court in 1810 at which time the people informed the
judge who came to preside, that they did not care to be bothered with
judgments, indictments, etc.' and that he would do better to return east,
where they had more need of law. When the war of 1812 broke out he was in his
fifteenth year and he remembers the names of many of those from Cabell county
who enrolled their names and carried arms in defense of "free trade and
sailors' rights."
                                      In 1817 Mr Sanford was united in
marriage with Sarah Brumfield. They reared a family of nine children, two
girls and seven boys. Of the latter Marine, the eldest, born in 1819, is a
merchant at Hamlin, and although now in his sixty-third year, has never
resided more than three miles from his present location. Five of the sons are
prominent ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Henry C is the
presiding elder of the Charleston district. Vanlinden resides four miles west
of Charleston, and has been in the ministry more than twenty-five years;
William D has charge of a circuit somewhere in the Elk River valley; James L
was for several years in charge of Weston station; but some time since was
transferred to an Ohio conference and is now laboring in the northern part of
that State; Robert lives at West Columbia, West Virginia where he preaches
occasionally and George W resides at New Haven, in the same State,
prominently identified with the church and Sabbath schools of that town.

                                   The father, though having lived seventeen
years beyond the scriptural allotment, still retains all his mental
faculties, especially that of memory,  which does not appear to be in the
least impaired, and if one visits Hamlin and can induce "Grandpa Sanford," as
he is familiarly called, to abandon his work and engage in conversation, he
will learn much of the early history of the Mud and Guyandotte valleys, from
one who has long outlived his own generation.

______________________________X-Message: #5
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:12:19 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Samuel A BIAS Lincoln County


Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1894. Rpt. in West
Virginia heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock 1974
                                       SAMUEL A BIAS is a son of Rolen S and
Sarah (Turner) Bias, who came from Virginia to Lincoln county in 1848. He was
born in Cabell county, West Virginia in 1852, came to Lincoln county with his
parents and in this county in 1877 he wedded Jerusha A. daughter of John M
and Matilda D. (McDonald) Dingess. To Mr. and Mrs. Bias two children have
been given; Fayaway, born April 10, 1878; Silas L., December 29, 1880. Mrs.
Bias was born in Logan county, West Virginia in 1852 and came to Lincoln
county with her parents in 1854. Rolen S Bias, father of Samuel A., served in
the late war in the 1st West Virginia Cavalry, Federal army; he was in the
battle of Gettysburg, was captured at Guyandotte, and held prisoner nine
months. Samuel A. Bias is a farmer and a dealer in lumber in Carroll
district, owning one hundred acres of fine land on Trace creek, one mile from
Hamlin, Lincoln county. There is, upon the farm, a small orchard of apple,
peach, pear, plum and cherry trees; the timber is pine, maple, ash and
hickory, and there is a vein of coal of superior quality upon the land. Mr.
Bias and his wife are members in good standing in the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. Samuel A Bias' postofffice address is Hamlin, Lincoln county,
West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #6
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:28:10 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Winfield Scott Bowles MD Lincoln County

Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardestry's Historical and Geographical
encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974.

              WINFIELD SCOTT BOWLES, M D
                                  was born in Nelson County, Virginia,
October 26, 1851, and his parents are Nathaniel Parrish and Martha Miller
(Gay) Bowles. His father died March 22, 1881, and his mother died December
29, 1863. In Brownstown, West V0irginia December 28, 1876, Winfield S. Bowles
and Roxie Lena Woods were joined in wedlock and their home has been
brightened by two children; Guy Augustus, born November 4, 1877; Eva Gay,
November 25, 1879, Mrs. Bowles was born in Cabell county, West Virginia
November 23, 1853 and she is a daughter of Lewis G. and Lizzie Prince
(Claughton) Woods; the former died in 1863 and the later is still living in
Missouri. Six brothers of W. S. Bowles, Charles, Samuel, William, Oscar,
Walter, and Augustus, were in the late war. They were all on the Confederate
side: William in Pickett's division and the others in J. N. Lambkin's
Company. Haskell's Battalion. Oscar, Walter. and William were wounded.
Winfield S Bowles was constable in Nelson county, Virginia, and Kanawha
county, West Virginia, and is at present a member of the board of health in
Lincoln county, Dr. Bowles attended medical lectures at St Louis, Missouri,
in 1879 and at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881. He is a physician and surgeon,
attending promptly all calls day or night. Address, Hamlin, Lincoln county,
West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #7
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:11:55 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Evormint Ward Brumfield of Lincoln County


Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974.
                            EVORMINT WARD BRUMFIELD--is a native of Lincoln
county, born July 15, 1841, and he is a son of John H. and Rachel (Haskins)
Brumfield. In Lincoln county, February 14, 1867, E. W. Brumfield was joined
in marriage with Laury Johnson, born in Lincoln county, October 22, 1843, and
a daughter of Perry and Irena (Gilkinson) Johnson. The children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Brumfield are: Junea Lilly, May 14, 1868; Spicy, October 1, 1871;
Maud Eske, April 24, 1881; all at home. Mr.  Brumfield served in the Federal
army during the civil war in Company G. 3d West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry.
He enlisted November 15, 1863 and served until the close of the war, and was
a participant in the following battles, Winchester, Piedmont, Mount Crawford,
Rudes Hill and Bunker Hill. One brother of E. W. Brumfield, William Randolph,
was killed in the war. Mr. and Mrs. Brumfield joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church July 16, 1869 in which Mr. Brumfield has been class leader. His
grandfathers were among the earliest settlers of Lincoln county. E W
Brumfield owns about 105 acres of fine farming land in Sheridan district, on
Bear creek, four miles northwest of Hamlin; the land is well cultivated and
has upon it a large orchard of apple, peach, plum and cherry trees. Beside
tilling the soil in Carroll district, the subject of this sketch is jailer
and deputy sheriff of Lincoln county, which office he has held two years.
Direct mail to Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #8
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:27:07 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Charles William Campbell of Lincol Co

Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974
                                       CHARLES WILLIAM
CAMPBELL--attorney-at-law in Carroll district, Lincoln county, was born in
Monroe county (now) West Virginia, September 29, 1836 and his parents, Robert
Daunbar and Mary Catherine (Johnson) Campbell are now residents of that
county. C. W. Campbell came to Lincoln county in 1879 and in 1882 he was
appointed commissioner of school lands, which position he still holds. His
father was a soldier in the Confederate army during the civil war. C. W.
Campbell attorney and counselor at law, has a very extensive practice in the
counties of Logan, Lincoln, Boone and Wayne, West Virginia and also in the
United States District Court at Charleston, West Virginia. Mr. Campbell is a
promising young man, a good student. eloquent speaker and has before him a
brilliant future. Address, Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #9
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:43:14 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Harrison Floyd Chambers of Lincoln Co


Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974
                                    HARRISON FLOYD CHAMBERS--born in Logan
county West Virginia, March 6, 1832, is a son of James and Elizabeth (Cole)
Chambers. In Logan county, December 6, 1855, Harrison F. Chambers was united
in the holy bonds of wedlock with Araminta daughter of William and Mary Ann
(McNeally) Burgess. She was born in Logan county, August 5, 1837, and she is
the mother of twelve children all but two living. They were born as follows:
Millard Whitten, October 8, 1856, Elizabeth Ann, February 18, 1859; James
Wise, March 21, 1861; Mary Melinda, November 27, 1862; William Lewis, April
13, 1865; Martha Alice, July 25, 1867; John Lee, June 2, 1869; Minerva May,
August 16, 1872; died September 8, 1873; Georgia Cora, February 16, 1875;
Albert Sidney, May 13, 1878; Lulie Bell, April 24, 1880. The children are all
living at home with the exception of Elizabeth, who resides in Logan county.
H. F. Chambers was constable of Logan county before he settled in Lincoln
county, in 1883. he had two brothers in the late war; one ranked as captain
in the Confederate army, and the other served as private in the same army.
Mrs. Chambers had two brothers in the Federal army, both killed, and one on
the Confederate side, who returned home safe. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers owns 200
acres of good farming land on Scary creek, seven miles from Hamlin and 8
miles from Griffithsville. The land is well improved, good trees, and a
portion of the land heavily timbered with poplar, oak and walnut; coal and
iron are found in abundance. Address Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #10
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:50:01 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO Joseph E CHILTON of Lincoln County



Source: Hardesty, Henry H Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.
                                              JOSEPH E CHILTON --was born at
the mouth of Coal river, Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia, December 6,
1855, and came to Lincoln county in 1878. He is a son of William Edwin and
Mary Elizabeth (Wilson) Chilton. Joseph E. Chilton taught in the public
schools of Kanawha county, West Virginia, five years, two years of which were
spent in Charleston. He read law in the office of Kuna & Walls while
teaching, and at the age of twenty-one was admitted to the bar. In 1880 he
was elected prosecuting attorney of the counties of Lincoln and Boone, West
Virginia, which office he still holds. Mr. Chilton is a Regent of West
Virginia University, having been appointed by Gov. Jackson in October, 1882.



______________________________X-Message: #12
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:13:11 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO of Benjamin Franklin Curry of Lincoln County


Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974.
                                  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CURRY was born in Fayette
county, (then) Virginia, July 21, 1839. He is a son of Hiram and Barbara
(Kayser) Curry and he came to Lincoln county in December 1841, with his
parents, who were prominent residents of the county. B. F. Curry and Emily
Jackson daughter of Jeremiah and May Paulina (Thompson) Witcher, were joined
in marriage in Cabell county, West Virginia, December 12, 1860, and they have
been blessed with eight children, born as follows; Jeremiah Wilson, October
10, 1861, died September 23, 1863; John Granville, May 29, 1863; Lizzie
Florence, December 5, 1865; William Dallas, July 16, 1868, died September 16,
1869; Carrie May, July 21, 1870; Valeria French, May 24, 1873; Lulu Maud,
July 22, 1875; Blackburn Frank, February 1, 1878. The six living children are
at home. Mrs. Curry is a native of Cabell county, born January 17, 1837. Mr.
Curry was for six years recorder of Lincoln county, and clerk of circuit
court sixteen years, which position he still holds. Two brothers of Mr. Curry
served in the late war, in the Federal army; Granville in Company G. 3d West
Virginia Cavalry, and George in Company L. 1st West Virginia Cavalry.
Benjamin F. Curry joined the Methodist Church in 1859 of which he is a
steward. He is a farmer in Carroll district and the proprietor of a hotel,
newly furnished and in every respect a first class hotel, terms moderate and
fare unsurpassed "Campbell House." B F Curry, proprietor, Hamlin, Lincoln
county, West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #13
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:42:58 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIo Blackburn B. Curry Lincoln County


Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and geographical
Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1864. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock, Richwood: Comstock, 1974
                                          BLACKBURN B CURRY---a native of
Lincoln county, was born May 20, 1850. He is a son of Hiram Curry, deceased
and Barbara A. (Kayser) Curry. In Madison, Boone County, West Virginia,
December 28, 1882 Blackburn B Curry and Lulu M S. Samuels were joined in
marriage; she was born in Boone county, July 16, 1860 and she is a daughter
of Colonel I. S. and Margaret M. (Morris) Samuels. Blackburn B. Curry
attended the University at Morgantown, West Virginia. two years, and at the
Commencement in 1875 he was awarded the regents' prize on declamation. Mr.
Curry, a very efficient business man, has held the office of assessor of
Lincoln county for five years, having been appointed in 1878, and elected in
1880, one year remains for him to serve. During 1877 and 1878 he was a member
of the board of examiners in Lincoln county. His postoffice address is
Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

______________________________X-Message: #14
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:00:11 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: BIO GRANVILL CURRY of Lincoln County

Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock, Richwood: Comstock, 1974
                                                            GRANVILL CURRY
----and Nancy Ann Thompson were united in wedlock in Cabell county, West
Virginia, October 8, 1868, the Rev. Benjamin Hager officiating clergyman. The
children of the union are all at home and were born as follows: Cora Zulema,
June 28, 1869; William Hiram Francisco, December 12, 1870; Georgia Roxile,
November 30, 1872; Agnes Bertha, September 19, 1875; Franklin Ellsworth,
March 26, 1878; Oscar Fleming, July 3, 1880; Laura Jane April 22, 1883. Mrs.
Curry was born in Cabell county, March 8, 1845 and her parents are William
and Martha Ann (Morrison) Thompson. The former died August 20, 1876.
Granville Curry was born in Lincoln county October 30, 1841, a son of Hiram
and Barbara (Kayser) Curry. The former died December 29, 1869. Mr. Curry
served in the Federal army during the late war in Company G. 3d West Virginia
Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the fall of 1862 and remained until the
close of the war, participating in the following battles: Winchester, Newton,
Cedar Creek, Fisher Hill, Fiery Forks, seven days' fight near Richmond,
Bunkers Hill, and he was present at Lee's surrender. Mr. and Mrs. Curry
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1867, in which Mr. Curry has been
class leader, steward, Sabbath school superintendent and is at present a
trustee. His parents were among the earliest settlers on Big Buffalo creek,
Carroll district. Granvill Curry is a farmer in Carroll district, owning 125
acres of well-improved land on Big Buffalo creek, five miles east from
Hamlin. A part of the land is heavily timbered with poplar, pine, oak,
hickory and walnut and there is upon the farm a large orchard of apple,
peach, pear, plum and quince trees.

______________________________X-Message: #15
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:19:22 EDT
From: PJAFLA@aol.com
Subject: Bio of William Harrison Curry Lincoln County


Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West
Virginia Heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock. 1974
                               WILLIAM HARRISON CURRY, D. D. -- Is a son of
Thomas and Susanna (Johnson) Curry and was born in Fayette county (now) West
Virginia April 11, 1846. He was joined in marriage in Lincoln county,
September 8, 1869 with Parthenia, daughter of Charles B and Sarah Jane
(Spurlock) Lawrence. She was born in Boone County, (now) West Virginia, April
28, 1851, and died October 8, 1883. They had nine children of whom five are
living: Alice Stella, born September 3, 1870, died November 30, 1879;
Josephine, October 6, 1871, died December 4, 1871; Cora Belle, October 4,
1872; Leonidas, September 28, 1874, died January 13, 1875; Benjamin Franklin,
October 6, 1875; Minnie Valeria, April 23, 1877; Charles Thomas, January 22,
1879; Martha Ellen, February 20, 1880, died November 12, 1882; George
Washington, March 13, 1883. Mr. Curry's parents died in 1846, when he was but
eight years old, and Mrs. Curry's father died in September 1881. The subject
of this sketch joined the Baptist Church in 1870 in which he is now an
ordained minister, and preaches the Gospel at two points, Trace Fork and
Mount Moriah. His wife became a member of the Baptist Church in 1870. W. H.
Curry enlisted in the war between the States in September 1861, serving in
Company B. 34th Battalion, Virginia Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. he was a
soldier on the Confederate side and participated in the battles at Blue
Springs, Knoxville, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Lynchburg, Martinsburg,
Piedmont, Brandy Station and Gettysburg. Dr. Curry owns about 272 acres of
fine farming land in the counties of Lincoln and Putnam on Big Creek, six
miles north of Hamlin. There is a large orchard of apple, peach and pear
trees, and a portion of the land is heavily timbered. Dr. Curry's postoffice
address is Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

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